I would like to clear a misconception about why I call myself HorribleApparition. I am not going out of my way to live up to that name, despite what some have suggested. While I can't fully state why I'm calling myself that, it is an inside joke between me and my friends that we all share a good laugh at. However, the basis for my name can be taken from the definition of the words that comprise it:

Horrible
adj
disagreeable; unpleasant

Apparition
noun
A ghostly figure; a specter

In other words, I am the ghost of something unpleasant. It's such a simple name, but I derive so much pleasure from it.

There is going to be a new vore website opening which will focus on roleplaying. The site will be primarily a vore site, but it won't be strictly limited to just vore. Some of the planned ideas that have been proposed include giving original posters moderation power over their own RP threads and having a tab feature that will split a thread into two parts, one focusing on the RP and the other on the discussion of the RP. There is also the possibility of a third tab which will display all the characters in that RP for easy reference.

The power of the original poster (herein referred to as the OP) will work something like this. When a person starts a thread in the RP forum, that person will be given moderation power over that thread (only the RP portion, not the accompanying...
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Last Thursday an ex-member of this site nearly succumbed to his depression. While it's not my place to say what happened that led him to nearly attempt to take his own life, I will post (with permission) an excerpt from his public blog.

At 3:30 PM PST today, I was ready to commit suicide. I had the wire to hang myself ready and was writing the suicide note when I lost my nerve. It is at my lover's instance that I write this blog entry now, to make known my pain in this whole ordeal. Ten years ago, when I was fourteen, I was accused of sexual assault. I never had a day in court; instead I went to school district expulsion hearing where I had no one to defend me and I was read the list of charges like I was already convicted of them. I had no chance to deny them, it was...

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